2019: Balarabe Musa Raps CUPP As Deceitful
BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – Former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa has described as opportunistic the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by 39 political parties and groups ahead of the 2019 general elections.
He insisted that the arrangement is an act of ‘opportunism’ which is incapable of taking the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) out of power.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Balarabe Musa, who is the National Chairman of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), said; “I don’t think a coalition like this which is opportunistic will be able to defeat the governing party that is, the All Progressives Congress (APC).”
Distancing PRP from the coalition, he said; “Remember, the reason for coming together is simply because they have lost the opportunities for sharing power.
“It is not because of anything which they can do which APC didn’t do. No, it is not because they have a different ideological position.”
According to him, “There is no fundamental difference between them and the APC; they are just an electoral gang to defeat the APC. I don’t think the coalition is enough”, adding that an alliance that is ideologically more focused than the APC and not just an aberration of what APC stands for is needed to rescue the country from the ruling party.
“In any case also, they have to contend with other alliances. I don’t think it will make any difference at all.
“Between now and August, we will know whether they can make qualitative difference and do what APC is able to do,” he said.
Commenting on the 2019 election, the former governor said Nigerians were now more enlightened and are ready to see a qualitative difference in their lives, adding; “We should know that there should be some way we can reconcile all Nigerians to be united as one united, democratic Nigeria based on credibility, national unity and even development of the whole country.”
Musa also restated the need for Nigerians to ensure a free, fair and transparent election leading to a legitimate government, just as he insisted that the current incapacitating level of stealing and criminal waste of resources must stop by any means.
“If we fail to do this, the situation now as it is today is so negative. If we fail to do anything, for instance, if we fail to correct the situation constitutionally, then we should be prepared for the worse.
“At the moment, the Executive and the Legislature are after each other, they are fighting to the finish. “They have been doing that right from the beginning of this government since 2015. That has to stop,” the former governor said.
On Monday, July 9, 2018, National chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), 37 other political parties and groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the ‘Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP)’ to have a united front and single presidential candidate for the 2019 election – with agency reports
